Air sensor demoMay 10, 2016Rio de Janeiro

#ResilientRio

Tuesday - Air quality

Time Topic / Activity

10:00 – 11:00 Arduino / Electronics intro (part 1)

11:00 – 11:15 Rio Eu Amo Eu Cuido

11:15 – 11:30 Tea break

11:30 – 12:30 Arduino / Electronics intro (part 2)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30 Air sensor demo

14:30 – 16:00 Team work

16:00 – 17:00 Team updates

“The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes,” says Dr Maria Neira, Director of WHO’s Department for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. “Few risks have a greater impact on global health today than air pollution;”

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-pollution/en/

Impact on our health

http://www.eea.europa.eu/media/newsreleases/air-pollution-still-causing-harm

WHO

http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/en/

Standards

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/quality/standards.htm

Fine particle levels

http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/AAP_database_results_2014.pdf

EULimit

Numbeo

http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/city_result.jsp?country=Brazil&city=Rio+De+Janeiro

Numbeo

http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/indices_explained.jsp

Governmental monitoring system

https://www.luchtmeetnet.nl/stations/alle-provincies/alle-gemeentes/alle-stoffen

Limitations

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-11/dutch-blood-testing-takes-dupont-teflon-safety-scare-to-europe

MonitorAR Rio

http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/web/smac/monitorar-rio1

Location of measuring stations

http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/dlstatic/10112/3252594/4114836/RelatorioMonitorar20112012.pdf

R. Barata Ribeiro, 196-204

PM10 values

http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/dlstatic/10112/3252594/4114836/RelatorioMonitorar20112012.pdf

Sensors

Air quality sensors

CO2NO2/CO

Gas HumidityTemperature

How does it work

K30 CO2

Non dispersive infrared sensor

Air quality sensors

Ring a Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZVqtAWx3k

Tools

Biomonitoring: Strawberry plants

https://www.uantwerpen.be/airbezen

NO2 diffusion tubes

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838214/

DemonstrationGroove Air Quality Sensor

K30 CO2 sensor

Additional resources

• Air pollution FAW http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/faqs_air_pollution.pdf

• Air pollution database http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/national/countryprofile/AAP_PM_database_May2014.xls

• MonitorAr http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/dlstatic/10112/3252594/4114836/RelatorioMonitorar20112012.pdf

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